言而有信

Traditional form:

言而有信

Pinyin (reading):

yán'éryǒuxìn

Definitions:

• to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word

Characters:

• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 信 - to trust, to believe; letter, sign

Traditional characters:

• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 信 - to trust, to believe; letter, sign